Composer: Francisco António de Almeida, Pietro Giorgio Avondano, Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Rinaldo Capua
Performer: Ana Quintans, Hugo Oliveira
Orchestra: Real Câmara
Conductor: Enrico Onofri
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Catalogue: PAS1127
Release: 2023
Size: 1.29 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Avondano: Divertimento da cammera No. 1 in C minor
01. I. Largo
02. II. Fuga. Allegro
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Allegro
05. Bononcini: Mio sposo t’arresta (from Pharnaces)
Avondano: Divertimento da cammera No. 2 in G major
06. I. Andante
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Andante
09. IV. Allegro
10. Almeida: Nell’incognito soggiorno (from La Pazienza di Socrate)
11. Almeida: Ogni fronda ch’è mossa dal vento (from Il vaticinio di Pallade, e di Mercurio)
Avondano: Divertimento da cammera No. 3 in A minor
12. I. Adagio
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Largo
15. IV. Allegro
16. Capua: Nacqui agli affani in seno (from Catone in Utica)
Avondano: Divertimento da cammera No. 4 in D minor
17. I. Largo
18. II. Allegro
19. III. Adagio
20. IV. [Allegro]
21. Almeida: Camminante, che non cura face amica (from La Pazienza di Socrate)
Avondano: Divertimento da cammera No. 5 in E minor
22. I. Adagio
23. II. Fuga
24. III. Andante
25. IV. Allegro moderato
In their first recording for PASSACAILLE, Real Camara revives the spirit of the excellent Portuguese court orchestra before the great earthquake of 1755, bringing to life a forgotten repertoire once written for performance at the magnificent court of King John V in Lisbon. From the divertimenti of Pietro Giorgio Avondano, the Genovese concertmaster of the orchestra, to opera arias by the Portuguese composer Francisco Antonio de Almeida and the Italian composers Rinaldo di Capua and Giovanni Bononcini.
The new Real Camara emerges from the desire to create an orchestral project of excellence dedicated to the recovery and dissemination of Portuguese musical heritage from the 18th and 19th centuries.Rooted in historical performance practice, it intends to rescue the spirit of the Portuguese court orchestra of the 1700s, the original Real Camara, both through its surviving collection of repertoire as well as through the evocation of its cosmopolitan nature and wide musical scope.
Based in Lisbon and under the direction of Enrico Onofri, it reaffirms the long musical relationship between its founding members and the Italian violinist and conductor, bringing together an international and eclectic group of musicians specialising in Early Music.